Applicator for rouge and the like



Nov. 7, 1950 R. E. KRUCK APPLICATOR FOR ROUGE AND THE LIKE Filed Oct.17, 1946 Patented Nov. 7, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPLICATORFOR ROUGE AND THE LIKE Ralph E. Kruck, Springfield, Mass. Application()ctober 17, 1946, Serial No. 703,738

This invention relates to improvements inapplicator devices for liprouge and the like and holders therefor.

The principal objects of the invention are the provision of anapplicator device for lip rouge and the like and a holder therefor.

According to novel features of the invention, a holder is provided whichin a general way includes a pair of relatively hinged members adapted toswing between closed and open positions whereby, when in closedposition, they enclose an object, such as a lip rouge applicator deviceor the like while, when in an open position, the device is supported foruse.

With the foregoing and various other novel features and advantages andother objects of my invention as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and in combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more particularly pointed out in the claim hereunto annexedand more fully described and referred to in connection with theaccompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a holder embodying the novelfeatures of the invention and with the swingable members thereof inclosed position;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational View of the holder shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the parts in a differentposition;

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the applicator tip;

Fig. 6 is a front elevational view of the applicator tip shown in. Fig.5;

Fig. '7 is an en arged perspective view of the inner end of the appliator body;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective View of one of the ears of one of theholder members showing the projection extending therefrom; and

Figs. 9 and 10 are enlarged perspective views of the outer end portionsof the holder members.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, the invention will befully described.

A pair of holder members 2 and i are provided which are slotted at 9 and9 at upper ends to form ears 6 and ii and 8 and 8' respectively.

An applicator body 58 is provided which is disposed in the slots 9 and9' between the ears 6 and 8 and 8 and 8 and in the form of the inventionshown is provided with pivot pins l2 which are disposed in suitableopenings in the 1 Claim. (01. -209) members 2 and 4, so that the members2 and 4 may swing from the closed position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 tothe open position shown in Fig. 4.

The ears 6 and 6' and 8 and 8' are yieldable so that they may be spreadapart for the removal and/or insertion of the member ID as may bedesired.

The body Hl may be made to have an applicator tip IA. The inner sides ofthe members 2 and ll at their upper ends are hollowed out so as toprovide cavities i5, as shown, so that when the members 2 and 4 are inclosed position the applicator tip I4 will be enclosed therein.

Means to releasably hold the members 2 and 4 in open or closed positionmay take various forms but in the form of the invention shown, aprojection 20 is provided on the inside of each ear 6 and 8 of themembers 2 and which pro- .iections are receivable in a recess 22 of themember l0.

As the members 2 and 4 are swung between open and closed positions, theears of said. mem-- bers may yield sufficiently to allow the projection20 to move outwardly from the recess 22. The ears are loosely mounted onthe pins l2 and may be slipped OK at will.

Other means may be provided for releasably holding the members 2 and 4in closed position and may consist of a tongue 30 on the member 2 whichis frictionally engagea ble between opposed surfaces 32 and 34 in a slot33 of the member 4.

The member l4 may be made from relatively yieldable material such asrubber, rubber composition or the like.

With the handle members 2 and 4 in the closed position shown, the memberM is disposed in the cavities l5 so that the tip is concealed andprevents rouge thereon from contacting with other objects.

From the closed position, the members 2 and 4 may be swung to openposition shown in Fig. 4. In this position, the tip is exposed and thehandles may be grasped for manipulating the tip for the purposeintended.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departingfrom the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the presentembodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely asbeing illustrative and not as being restrictive, the scope of theinvention being indicated by the appended claim rather than by theforegoing description, and all modifications and variations as fallwithin the meaning and purview and range of equivalency of the appended3 claim are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

An applicator holder for a cosmetic material comprising in combination,a pair of relatively movable holder members each holder member having aninner and outer side and an upper slotted end providing spaced ears andeach holder member having an inset on the inner and adjacent sidesthereof thereby providing a longitudinal cavity between said ears, anapplicator body disposed within the slotted ends and between the ears ofsaid holder members, an applicator tip secured to said applicator body,and pairs of pivot pins pivotally connecting said applicator body andsaid ears of said holder members for permitting swinging movements ofsaid holder members, between a closed position with the inner sidesthereof in adjacency, to an open position with the outer sides thereofin adjacency, all adapted and arranged whereby said holder mem- 4 bersmay contain said applicator body and tip and conceal said applicator tipwithin the cavity when in said closed position and when said holdermembers are in said open position said holder members will support saidapplicator body and applicator tip in an exposed position.

RALPH E. KRUCK.

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